The global production capacity of biodegradable plastics will grow to 975,000 mt/year in 2017, up around 1% on the year, Nguyen Nhu Khue, managing director at Lotus Chemical Technology, said Friday in a paper presented at Specialty ...

Toluene stocks in East China rose 44.4% from September to 45,000 mt in October, according to S&amp;P Global Platts data.
The rise in inventory was the result of a backlog of cargo arrivals during the week-long National Day holiday in early ...

The US fertilizer imports from Jan. to Apr. in 2012 amounted to $ 3.16 billion, down 16.1% year-on-year. The import value year-on-year growth was negative from January to March, while in April the figure grew by 13.54%.

Ministry of science and technology productivity promotion center of China association post that, after many years of research and experiment, Chinese scientists developed a highly efficient ethers clean gasoline.
Test results ...

Watson-Marlow Pumps Group is introducing a new food grade hose for use with Bredel pumps. FDA and EC compliant, the new F-NBR hoses offer better wear resistance and longer life for improved production efficiency and process/product safety.
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BASF is participating in the 10th CESIO World Surfactant Congress at the Hali&amp;ccedil; Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey, from June 1 to 3, 2015. In keeping with the theme &quot;Surfactants in a Globalizing World &amp;mdash; Creating New ...

Air Products introduces the latest additions to its innovative portfolio of defoamers&amp;mdash;Airase 4750V and 4800 defoamers&amp;mdash;at the Eastern Coatings Show in Atlantic City, N.J., from June 1-4.
Air Products' Airase 4750V and 4800 ...